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Born of Ice

From VIK II's Blog

January 15, 2014

Monkey Seeds

Excerpt from Born of Ice:
Devyn frowned. Alix didn’t really strike him as a rural kind of woman. â€œReally?â€
She nodded. â€œI like the greenery and foliage. When I was little I used to try and grow plants on...

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Monkey Seeds

She nodded. â€œI like the greenery and foliage. When I was little I used to try and grow plants on my dad’s ship.â€

That had to be tough. Most living things didn’t like the recycled air and lack of natural daylight. â€œDidn’t work?â€

She shook her head. â€œI never could get the hydroponics or lights right.â€

â€œSorry.â€ He stepped away from the machine and picked up his suit. â€œIf it makes you feel better, I once tried to grow a monkey.â€

â€œA monkey?â€

Devyn laughed at the memory. â€œYou know the candy, Monkey Seeds?â€ They were nothing but chocolate covered raisins- a nasty candy really, but it was one his dad had loved and it was something Devyn’s mother always kept in large supplies for him.

â€œYeah.â€

â€œI thought if I planted them, they’d grow monkeys.â€

Alix laughed at the image of the fierce captain trying his hand at farming. And for something so ridiculous... He must have been adorable. â€œHow old were you?â€

â€œFive or six. I would run out every morning to see if my monkeys had sprouted. My mom didn’t have the heart to tell me I was wasting my time. So my dad created a monkey body for Vik and buried him in the garden. He crawled out one afternoon while I was watering the seeds.â€

She gasped at the image in her head. â€œNo, he didn’t.â€

â€œYeah, he did. Since my dad had also altered his voice track, it took me a full hour before I realized my monkey was really Vik.â€

â€œWere you angry?â€

â€œNah. But Vik being Vik finally explained to me why he was the only monkey I’d ever have.â€

â€œAnd I’ve been your monkey ever since.â€

A charming grin broke across Devyn’s face as he looked up at the speaker. â€œNah. You’re not my monkey, Vik. You’re my bitch.â€

â€œOf course I am. And I’ll remember that the next time your shower door is stuck and you want me to open it... Wait. That does make me your bitch, doesn’t it? Damn, I am whipped.â€